Plethodontidae
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Plethodon m + -idae f pl. The second 't' is from a combining declension of Ancient Greek ὀδούς m (odoús, “tooth”).
Proper noun
[edit]Plethodontidae f pl
- A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – lungless salamanders or plethodontids.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Amphibia – class; Lissamphibia – subclass; Caudata – order; Salamandroidea – suborder
Hyponyms
[edit]- (family): Hemidactyliinae, Plethodontinae (subfamilies)
- Aneides, Aquiloeurycea, Batrachoseps, Bolitoglossa, Bradytriton, Chiropterotriton, Cryptotriton, Dendrotriton, Desmognathus, Ensatina, Eurycea, Gyrinophilus, Hemidactylium, Hydromantes, Isthmura, Ixalotriton, Karsenia, Nototriton, Nyctanolis, Oedipina, Parvimolge, Phaeognathus, Plethodon, Pseudoeurycea, Pseudotriton, Speleomantes, Stereochilus, Thorius, Urspelerpes – genera
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (family): Ambystomatidae, Amphiumidae, Dicamptodontidae, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandridae (Salamandroidea families)
Descendants
[edit]- English: plethodontid
References
[edit]- Plethodontidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Plethodontidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Plethodontidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons